STRAPPING FIELDHANDS - "Across the Susquehanna" LPStrapping Fieldhands Across the Susquehanna LP (Petty Bunco, 2021) EXCELLENT. Not only is this most likely my favorite rock record of 2021, but also, dare I say, quite possibly the finest Fieldhands record in all of their 30'ish year output? You be the judge "Fourteen brand new instant classics from Philadelphias original purveyors of fractured psychedelic shanty rock. Pared down to the original duo & every bit as potent they were in the days of The

Dooley's rumbling drums pushing the interplay of electric guitar and cello forward steadily

deep servings of sarcasm

New Zealand’s Alastair Galbraith

75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band - Live at Tubby's 2xLP (Grapefruit

The core motifs of “Bubble Nebula” are then re-worked throughout the wave-like ebb and flow of “Bubble Nebula Eyes Down”

Peter Blundell are Mosquitoes

It’s called Out of Phase and it’s the first full-length album from New Jersey’s HOME BLITZ

still serve to provide a focus

the strut and swagger of Bowie’s Hunky Dory

He clubs the yak

the musical project was born out of Jordan’s lockdown experience

from interstellar boogie ("Rockin Rocket Ship") to agitational architectural conservation anthem ("Golden Windows")